More than 700 people attended a funeral Saturday for Gino Nicolas -- a man who was gunned down two weeks ago in the Parramore neighborhood where he mentored children.

More than 700 people attended a funeral Saturday for Gino Nicolas -- a man who was gunned down two weeks ago in the Parramore neighborhood where he mentored children.

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Updated: 10:46 PM EDT Apr 30, 2016

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WEBVTT ALL THEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK. NE TONIGHT HUNDREDS COME OUT TO , REMEMBER A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST GUNNED DOWN PARRAMORE. YOU KNOW NICHOLAS WAS ONE OF SIX PEOPLE SHOT. A MAN INJURED, AND ANOTHER FRIEND WHO SPENT YEARS PLAYING BASKETBALL, APPEARED IN COURT. MATT LUPOL REPORTS THE GODFATHER BELIEVES THEY WERE TRYING TO RETALIATE. >> THERE WERE PEOPLE THEY COULDN'T EVEN LET IN. MATT: MORE THAN 700 PEOPL ATTENDED A FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR GINO NICOLAS, A MAN WHO MENTORED KIDS IN PARRAMORE AND WAS GUNNED DOWN IN THAT VERY NEIGHBORHOOD TWO WEEKS AG TANYA SKEEN, A MOTHER OF THREE LOST HER LIFE IN THE SAME , DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AND SEVERA OTHERS WERE INJURED. EZELL HARRIS: I WAS PLEASED THAT SOMEONE FROM THE WHITE HOU CAME. MATT: GINO'S GODFATHER SAYS THE 24-YEAR-OLD WAS REMEMBERED FOR HIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH EARNED HIM A RECENT TRIP TO WASHINGTON AND BROUGHT O NOTABLE MOURNERS. BUT HE SAYS ONE OF GINO'S LOVE ONES, HIS BEST FRIEND, WAS MISSING. INSTEAD, ERIC GRIFFIN, W PLAYS PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, WAS MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL. JUST MINUTES APART FROM DEQUAN LUNDY, WHO HAD ALSO BEEN SHOT AND INJURED IN THE CONLEY STRE DRIVE-BY THAT TOOK GINO'S LIFE THE TWO BOTH FACE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES, AND WHILE INVESTIGATORS AREN'T SAYING MUC NOW, EZELL HARRIS TELLS US HE BELIEVES POSSIBLE RETALIATION TO THE DRIVE-BY COULD HAVE LED TO THE ARRESTS. SOMETHING HE SAYS FRIEND GIN WOULD NOT HAVE CONDONED. EZELL HARRIS: I WAS REALLY HUR TO FIND THAT OUT, AND IT'S SAD. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A ZER TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENCE. MATT RIGHT NOW BOTH SUSPECTS , ARE BEING HELD HERE IN THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL ON NO BOND. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO WA TARGETED IN THIS CASE, AND STILL NO WORD ON ANY POSSIBLE SUSPECTS IN THAT DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ON CONLEY STREET.

Hundreds remember activist killed in drive-by

More than 700 people attended a funeral Saturday for Gino Nicolas -- a man who was gunned down two weeks ago in the Parramore neighborhood where he mentored children.